-- South Jersey Gas is replacing a legacy customer information system
(CIS) with Oracle's integrated utility platform -- which supports
complete customer care, billing, credit and collections and payment
processing -- as a business imperative to continue providing its
customers with the level of service they expect and deserve.

-- Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing and Oracle Utilities
Customer Self-Service will give South Jersey Gas customer service
representatives a 360-degree view of customer and premise data,
helping streamline billing processes and enabling more responsive
customer service. The utility expects that the solutions will help
reduce abandoned calls, wait time, average handle time and training
time for customer service representatives, as well as increase first
call resolutions.

-- With the Oracle applications in place, the utility will work to manage
all aspects of the utility customer lifecycle including service
connection, meter read management, complex billing, payment processing
and debt collection. South Jersey Gas also plans to use the Oracle
solutions to more easily implement rate changes through flexible rate
and billing structures as well as to ensure all customers receive a
correct bill.

-- Additionally, with Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing Business
Intelligence, South Jersey Gas hopes to easily organize consistent,
relevant and timely customer data from across the enterprise to
improve reporting processes. These reports will provide South Jersey
Gas management with a holistic view of customer-related information to
improve decision making and ensure regulatory compliance in a
deregulated market.

Supporting Quotes
-- "Oracle Utilities will enable us to easily and effectively share data
across our company to enhance and streamline our customer service
processes, while providing flexibility to support long-term strategic
goals," said Samuel Pignatelli, Vice President Operational
Initiatives, South Jersey Gas.

-- "Deregulation, increased competition and customer demands for superior
service all contribute to a utility's need to continuously improve
organizational effectiveness. Oracle Utilities Customer Care and
Billing, Oracle Utilities Customer Self-Service and Oracle Utilities
Customer Care and Billing Business Intelligence will help South Jersey
Gas to harness a complete view of customer data, streamline billing
processes and enable more responsive customer service," said Rodger
Smith, senior vice president and general manager, Oracle Utilities.

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